Comments by "Mark Welch" (@markwelch3564) on "A poll suggests young people would prefer to rejoin the EU" video.

  1. ​ @seang2700  This is the truth of it! Membership definitely made us more prosperous, but all the benefits got funnelled to a small number of people. That needs to change, independently of our relationship with the EU
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  2.  @williampatrickfagan7590  No, we're the feudal state that needs fixing!
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  3. A lot of the cost of Brexit is having to have our own inspectors and regulators, who mostly confirm that what we decided in the EU still makes a lot of sense Leave means inspecting twice, at our expense!
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  4. We should definitely rejoin, but we should do something about that feudal state, too!
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  5. ​ @qetoun  if they don't like it, they need to get off the fence and properly leave If they won't leave, that tells you everything you need to know about the 'wisdom' of Brexit!
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  6. Rejoin will have to speak to the underlying concerns behind Leave in order to be successful. I see that as very fair, and totally possible
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  7. Young people get to choose whose experience to listen to. After being shafted by Brexiteers, why would they listen to them?
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  8. @Tony Dick  by mostly trading with countries near them, and trying to reduce trade barriers with said countries Right now, we are trying to trade with countries on the other side of the world, while increasing local barriers I suspect Japan's government will be proven to be better at international trade than our government
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  9. What, because 20% of people vote for the isolationists? Doesn't sound like a majority to me!
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  10. ​ @seang2700  If we look at current EU members, the isolationist bloc will never go away, but it seems to settle at around 15%-20% I believe the spike in isolationism was an anomaly that won't be repeated for a very very long time, and we'll soon be like normal countries, where they are a noisy minority
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  11.  @seang2700  There are many lessons we can learn from Brexit, but the one relevant here is that failure fuels opposition. In a mythical alternate future where Brexit worked well, Rejoin would be a few fringe obsessives in the corner of a pub or coffee shop This is what Rejoin needs to deliver - provable benefits for everyone, so even most Brexit voters agree they're feeling benefits, while grumbling that it isn't how they would have done it It won't be over, but we can avoid the toxicity and hard polarisation if everyone gains something
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  12. ​​ @stevec700  advisory has a legal definition, and has much looser regulation of the campaign You can argue that advice still represents the will of the people, but legally it absolutely, definitively was not binding
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  13. ​ @stoptheworldiwannagetoff4780  To be fair, they might not have been lying. It could be they are incompetent and sincerely believed the daft things they were promising
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  14. The only certainty is in 50 years, Rees Mogg will be dead, and thus beyond accountability for everything he is currently promising...
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  15. ​ @davidklyne5134  much as I would love to rejoin tomorrow, there's wisdom in wanting a 60% or even 70% majority It might take a bit longer to achieve, but it makes the mandate decisive once achieved!
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  16. Regaining free movement isn't a cost 🙂
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